[mythtv-users] Server/adding new card dilemma, HD/hardware questions

Richard Shaw hobbes1069 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 02:48:42 UTC 2008


On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:

>
>>> Well, yes.  But even now most analog is echoed on the SD multiplex.  In
>>> my
>>> area, digital gets me what I need.  Maybe with cable it's different but I
>>> would suspect that getting an analog tuner set up and running will only
>>> give you a few weeks of use at best.
>>>
>>> --Yan
>>>
>>> Pretty much same thing going on here. The only one that for me has
>> different programming on analog is the local PBS station.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
> Okay, lost me here. Are you saying that if I get a card that captures
> Digital TV only (no analog input), and I just have regular analog cable TV
> right now, I can capture it fine? ie., Digital is kind of "backwards
> compatible" to grab analog?? I think this area confuses me most lol.
>
> FYI I am using Rogers Cable TV (regular cable) in Canada. Family room has a
> Rogers Digital box (that I don't use as part of Myth; frontend is desktop PC
> in bedroom).
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>

Sorry, I made the assumption that you were talking about broadcast TV i.e.
OTA HD (ATSC), not cable...

Richard
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